The state Supreme Court set the order in which the men would be executed with the earliest for a Spartanburg man in October and into March for others

South Carolina is set on Friday to execute Freddie Owens, who would become the first death row inmate to die at the hands of the state in 13 years, for killing a convenience store clerk during a 1997 robbery.

South Carolina executes first death row inmate in 13 years - Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, previously known as Freddie Owens, died by lethal injection at the Broad River Correctional Institution in C

At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten violence and say "betrayers will be slayed"

South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause.

In South Carolina, the governor has the lone ability to grant clemency and reduce a death sentence to life in prison. However, no governor has done that in the state’s 43 executions since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976.

A man convicted of a 1997 murder died by lethal injection Friday in the southeastern US state of South Carolina, the state's first death row inmate executed in 13 years.Prior to Owens, the last death row inmate executed in South Carolina was 36-year-old Jeffrey Motts on May 6,

South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections

Irene Grainger Graves was 41 when she was killed on Halloween night robbery in 1997. Today her son Arte remembers her as a loving and fun mother.